Only two check out rooms at Lighthouse Inn auction

Buy PhotoSean D. Elliot/The DayCity of New London Building Inspector Jamie Salmon, right, gives a tour of the bar at the Lighthouse Inn to James Noonan, right, Friday, October 18, 2013. Noonan declined to bid in an auction of the contents, furnishings and equipment, inside the city-owned property.

Buy PhotoSean D. Elliot/The DayAn old sign hangs on the wall of the basement stairwell inside the city-owned Lighthouse Inn Friday, October 18, 2013. There were no bids in an auction of the contents, furnishings and equipment of the city-owned property.

Buy PhotoSean D. Elliot/The DayState Marshall Joe Heap, right, and New London tax collector Maureen Farrell, stand under the entrance overhand as no bids are placed in an auction of the contents, furnishings and equipment, inside the city-owned Lighthouse Inn Friday, October 18, 2013.

Buy PhotoSean D. Elliot/The DayJames Noonan looks around the dining rooms of the Lighthouse Inn as he gets a tour from City of New London Building Inspector Jamie Salmon, not pictured, Friday, October 18, 2013. Noonan declined to bid in an auction of the contents, furnishings and equipment, inside the city-owned property.

Buy PhotoSean D. Elliot/The DaySignage and art rests against a basement wall inside the Lighthouse Inn Friday, October 18, 2013. There were no bids in an auction of the contents, furnishings and equipment of the city-owned property.

Buy PhotoSean D. Elliot/The DayCity of New London Building Inspector Jamie Salmon, left, gives a tour of a guest room on the second floor of the Lighthouse Inn to James Noonan, right, Friday, October 18, 2013. Noonan declined to bid in an auction of the contents, furnishings and equipment, inside the city-owned property.

At 11 a.m. Friday the doors to the historic Lighthouse Inn in New London opened only to two potential investors who had brought a check for 25 percent of the minimum auction price — more than $30,000.